Hearts Plus vs i.Hearts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hearts Plus
Enjoy the classic card game Hearts without any advertisements or tracking. Play against three customizable AI opponents with adjustable skill levels. Features large, easy-to-read cards and always-visible scorekeeping.
- No ads or tracking
- Play against 3 computer opponents
- Adjustable AI skill levels
- Large, easy-to-read card faces
- Always visible score totals
- Ad-free Gold edition
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No ads, no tracking. Play the card game Hearts against 3 computer opponents. Card faces are large and easy to read and arranged so you click exactly the right card -- and just one time. Computer opponents can be set to 3 skill levels. Point running totals and game scores are always visible on screen. From the maker of the popular Pinochle card games for iOS and Mac. This special Gold edition is just like our free Hearts app, but with all advertising removed.
i.Hearts
Enjoy a classic card game experience with customizable rules and settings. Play against AI opponents, track your scores and achievements, and save your progress. Offers a variety of visual and gameplay options for personalized play.
- Play against three CPU opponents
- Customizable game settings
- Four-color deck option
- Score and achievement tracking
- Save and load game progress
- Landscape and vertical orientation
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HEARTS Main characteristics: - Play Hearts against three CPU - Four-color deck (each suit has a different color) - It includes help and play explanation - Settings: Cards size, deck type (four-color or classic), cards back color, sound, animations, speed, scoreboard, table and scores color, see names on the table cards,... - Scores: Hands, matches, best and worst,... - Achievements: They allow to achieve experiencie points - Save and load game - Landscape and vertical orientation Play: - Hearts game is ended by someone reaching or going over 100 points (by default), and the winner is the player with the lowest score at this point - A match has several hands where all the cards are dealt out one at a time, so that everyone has 13. The person who played the highest card of the suit led wins the trick and leads to the next trick Scoring Hearts: - Players’ points are added to their scoreboards at the finish of each hand - Each heart scores one point, and the queen of spades scores 13 points The rules settings allow changing some of this rules: - Game points: 50 or 100 points - The first trick is lead by the player holding the 2 of clubs (by default) or not (in this case the first hand leading player is selected aleatory) - It’s possible to allow to play penalty points (hearts and the queen of spades) at first trcik or not - Queen of spades breaks hearts or not - It’s illegal or not to play queen of spades as lead card if hearts aren’t break - Shooting the moon increases all player’ scores by 26 points or player score is reduced by 26 points - Allow card passing or not
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: i.Hearts at Free against Hearts Plus's $2.99. i.Hearts also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Hearts Plus's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
i.Hearts is free to download; Hearts Plus costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hearts Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearts Plus has 413 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Hearts Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of i.Hearts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hearts Plus ships an update every 4 months, i.Hearts every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearts Plus | i.Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (413 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 413 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #118 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Manuel Lopez Lopez |
Customer experience
Hearts Plus
i.Hearts
In-app purchases
Hearts Plus
No in-app purchases
i.Hearts
No in-app purchases
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